Persian Yellow was known in England before 1607. [ed. note: is this a confusion of Rosa lutea multiplex, for example mentioned in The Gardeners Dictionary, by Phillip Miller (1735) or Hortus Kewensis (1789) which mentions its introduction in 1629. ]

Sir Joseph Banks, a collector of note who also built up the famous Kew Gardens in England, is credited with the introduction of the Chinese rose, Rosa Banksiae, into England in 1807... [it] bears clusters of small white or yellow flowers, very sweet scented...